Month: January 2024

FKA Twigs had some fun birthday news for fans, as she joined her Discord to reveal that she has some new music on the way. While she dropped a mixtape in 2022 called Caprisongs, her last full album was 2019’s Magdalene.

Here’s everything to know about what FKA Twigs has in store next.

Is FKA Twigs Releasing A New Album In 2024?

It seems so, yes. FKA Twigs revealed that she will be pulling from an inspiration in techno music to fuel an album coming later this year, according to DJ Mag.

“I moved to Prague a couple summers ago, fell in love with techno, the album isn’t techno but the spirit is there fr,” she wrote on the Discord server.

“It’s deep but not sad,” FKA Twigs added. “I’m not sad anymore.”

The publication also notes that FKA Twigs shared that she mainly collaborated with Koreless for the record. She had previously teased one of their collaborations, “Unearth Her,” during Paris Fashion Week last year.

However, there had been questions as to whether she scrapped what she had worked on. FKA Twigs previously noted that she was going to start over from square one because a ton of her song demos had leaked.

Here’s hoping fans get to hear more about FKA Twigs’ new album soon.

Back in September of 2023, the family of Tyler Chase received the tragic news that the 22-year-old had died of a drug overdose.

As told by several news outlets, the Multnomah County Medical Examiner’s Office of Portland, Oregon had found Chase’s wallet and used the temporary license, which had his name but no photo, at the scene, which they used to identify the body. They then showed up to the family’s home with a death certificate and an urn holding the young man’s ashes.

Or so they thought.

In actuality, Chase was very much alive. As KGW News reported, Chase had been receiving treatment for drug addiction at a recovery program at the time his family had been told he passed.

Having been estranged from his family for several years prior, he hadn’t considered reaching out, and had no idea a mistake had been made until he had issues getting his food assistance benefits.

“I go to DHS, and they asked me to enter my social security and everything, and they were like ‘alright we’ll see if we can help you fix this,’” Chase told KPTV. “And then all of the sudden they start interrogating me and were like ‘Oh can we see your ID?’ So I gave it to them and then they just looked as confused as I was and they’re like ‘right here it says you are dead.’”

As for how the mix-up happened, the Medical Examiner’s Office suspects that the man who actually died from an overdose must have met Chase at the recovery center, where he stole his wallet.

“So, they find a paper ID of me that’s smudged and everything and they were like ‘that’s Tyler John Chase,’ so they put him down as me,” Chase recalled. “And then they notified the family like protocol.”

Understandably, after hearing the news that Chase was, in fact, alive, months after being declared dead (he even FaceTimed them to prove it) and that they had been holding onto a complete stranger’s ashes, Chase’s family was stunned, to say the least.

“I just lost it,” shared Latasha Rosales, Chase’s cousin. “It is so hard to believe how something like this could even happen. It just makes no sense to me.”

But as the office explained to KGW News, most medical examiner’s offices do not have viewing rooms for families to come and identify the body, like we typically see on television. Instead, families “view their loved one and confirm their identity at the funeral home making the arrangements.”

When Chase’s family had to decline viewing the body prior to cremation, the office only had the temporary ID to go off of.

This is why, after apologizing to Chase and his family for the mistake, the medical examiner’s office promised to launch a “comprehensive review” of its current practices in order to implement a policy change on its investigations. One of those future changes will be requiring fingerprints to be submitted for identification when a body is found with a temporary ID.

Though the correct identity of the deceased man was eventually found, the family asked to keep the information private.

Being mistakenly declared dead is a very rare occurrence. But when it happens, it can wreak havoc on financial resources like health insurance and credit cards. And getting the mistake corrected is a lengthy process. According to a statement given to NBC Washington by the Social Security Administration, less than one-third of 1 percent of the millions of deaths reported each year are actually corrected.

Hopefully Chase is able to get back to normal faster than most, and his family is able to come together after such an ordeal.

Comedian Lisa Beasley is making people squirm on TikTok with her character, Corporate Erin. Erin is a parody of the typical corporate employee in America, complete with her corporate accent, corporate gulp and mastery of corporate jargon.

She even has the perfect corporate job title: The manager for the managerial logistics of management at McManagement.

In her videos, Erin talks at you in your “one-on-one” meeting while clutching her coffee cup for dear life, uncomfortably gyrating in her chair and adjusting her glasses. Erin has the unique ability to talk at length using corporate word salad while saying absolutely nothing. But she definitely wants to circle back with you to be sure you have the deliverables for the rollout. Okayyyyyy?

In this video with over 9 million views, Erin explains how she has taken over her creator’s feed because she doesn’t have the “bandwidth.”

@lisabevolving

Hi, #CorporateErin here taking over social media for Lis. If you have any questions regarding my new position, please follow up with me in the comments. Im only here to do whats best for the business.

Beasley described the thrust of the Erin character to the Huffington Post. “There’s also just kind of a layer of passive aggressiveness as well, and defensiveness and just kind of always making sure that I’m drilling home my points or my objectives,” Beasley said.

The videos are all too real for many people who follow Beasley on TikTok.

“This is SPOT ON. The corporate accent, the nonsense, the talking for 30 min and saying nothing,” one commenter said. “You encounter a version of me in every workplace,” Beasley, as the Erin character, told 13 News.

It looks like we’ve finished this a bit early, so we’ll give you your minute back.

Engagements can be a whirlwind for everyone involved. Unless you’ve previously bought a ring for your partner you have little to no idea what size they wear and how exactly do you ask that question without tipping them off? This is exactly how buying the incorrect ring size happens but with all of the excitement and planning, you make do with what you have and hope it fits.

For David and Nicolette Koske, their engagement got a little interesting in the most hilarious way when the ring David bought didn’t fit. The couple was out with Nicolette’s best friend, Isa Haiti and her partner for a totally normal not at all secret engagement outing in what appears to be the woods. At least that’s what Nicolette likely thought until the diamond was whipped out and being …not placed on her ring finger.

The ring didn’t fit. But the photographer was right there waiting to catch the shot of the newly engaged couple and it’s a rule that you have to give the photographer the best shot possible. That’s when Haiti steps in.

Haiti slips the ring on to make sure the moment was captured for her bestie. How would anyone know it’s not her hand when it’s clearly only multiple shades darker than the rest of her body. Maybe that hand just really likes sunlight or she fell asleep with only that hand in the tanning bed. You don’t know her life. At least those are some of the comments amused viewers are leaving.

“Not me thinking your hand was changing color because the ring was too small and cutting off circulation,” one person admits.

“Apparently your hand went on vacation to the beach!! Your friends are hilarious! Congratulations on your engagement,” someone says.

“Not me thinking you borrowed a friend’s ring before realizing you borrowed the whole hand,” a commenter laughs.

@nicive289

No one will know 🤫#fyp #bestie #engagement

There was some confusion in the comments with people thinking she borrowed her friend’s hand because the diamond was too small, not the ring. This misunderstanding even had people calling her materialistic so she came out with a follow up video to explain.

“I was not even close to talking about the diamond size. My boyfriend could’ve gotten me a Ring Pop with glitter on it and I would’ve been ecstatic,” Nicolette retorts.

She assures people she’s not materialistic and has been laughing at some of the people’s explanations on what they thought was happening in the picture. There was no real context to the video, just the still photo with Bruno Mars “Marry You” in the background, and a text overlay that said “when get engaged but the ring is too small so you’re bestie comes in clutch.” This allowed for people’s imaginations to go wild in the most amusing way possible.

What do you get when you mix a 127-year college football rivalry with highly competitive and talented musicians? The Best Damn Band in the Land, that’s what.

Ohio State’s marching band, which unjokingly refers to itself The Best Damn Band in the Land—or TBDBITL for short—even has the acronym for the nickname included in its website URL.

The rivalry between The Ohio State University and University of Michigan football teams is legendary, and so is the back-and-forth between their marching bands. Ohio State just keeps upping its delightfully petty game of trolling Michigan in its pregame and halftime shows, much to the delight of Ohio State fans.

In one performance, the Ohio State marching band members form two ships, one bearing the Michigan flag and one bearing Ohio State, and the Ohio State ship “sinks” the Michigan one. In another, the create a car race between the two teams with Ohio State hitting the “finish line” first. In another, the band storms a Michigan castle and replaces its banners with Ohio State flags.

Michigan’s flag has been thrown away, donkey kicked, smashed with sledge hammers, stomped on, sliced with scissors and more as the TBDBITL members pull off impressive feats of choreography, all while playing their instruments.

Even if you don’t give a rip about college football or either of these teams, you gotta admit this is unbelievably cool:

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Marching bands don’t often get the respect they deserve, especially in the shadow of the big football programs they support. But what these folks do is not easy. They work hard—in fact, one study found that “the physical challenges and demands of participating in competitive marching band is similar to athletes who compete in sports.”

Add in the skill of playing a musical instrument and the coordination it takes to do both in a highly choreographed performance, and phew. Seriously, give these kids some accolades.

And in case you were wondering, yes, Michigan’s marching band does similar trash-walking in their performances, such as this 2021 game in which they made Ohio State lose a game of beer pong:

Michigan marching band just performed a beer pong skit with an Ohio State ping pong ball missing the cup and a Michigan ball going in the cup.

— (@)

People can root for whatever team they want, but I think we should all root for the marching bands, whatever side they’re on. They certainly deserve it.

After the usual months of speculation, Coachella has officially released its lineup for 2024. Headlined by Doja Cat, Lana Del Rey, and Tyler The Creator (with a special appearance by No Doubt), the two-weekend festival will also feature breakout acts like Peso Pluma, Blur, J Balvin, Lil Uzi Vert, Ice Spice, Jhené Aiko, and many, many more. Set for the weekends of April 12-14 and 19-21, Coachella 2024 figures to be yet another landmark yer for the long-running festival.

As Coachella is one of the most popular festivals in the world, it attracts the interest of a wide range of fans — some of whom might wonder whether they are too young to attend. After all, the fest also has a reputation for being a place where folks can imbibe all sorts of substances (unofficially, of course), and many of the acts on the bill certainly have a certain degree of risque content. So…

Does Coachella 2024 Have An Age Limit?

Fortunately for all those teens and pre-teens who love them some Doja and Ice Spice, Coachella does not have an age limit. From my own personal experience, I’ve definitely seen a few middle schoolers boogeying down at the fest (at Nile Rodgers’ set, weirdly enough. Credit the parents, I guess). There have even been a few babies (with those adorable massive headphones to protect their little ears). So, as long as everybody is being responsible (seriously, kids, if you insist on doing drugs, which I know some of you are going to do no matter what anyone says, DRINK WATER — more than you think you need), all ages are welcome.

Reacher returned like a reliable force of nature to the Amazon streaming waves and has been kicking baddies’ booties over the past two months again. However, it’s almost time for Alan Ritchson’s leading brick wall to hop back on the road and prepare to turn up in Somewhere, U.S.A. for Season 3. (Don’t worry, it’s already filming, and Ritchson can always stop real-life robberies in between airdates to stay on his beefy toes.)

Yep, it’s season finale time. “Fly Boy” happens to be the name of this episode, and now, I’m imagining Ritchson leaping into this dance from In Living Color in a sketch that featured Jennifer Lopez. Someone get these two in a Netflix movie together already.

When does Season 2, Episode 8 arrive?

“Fly Boy” will surface on Friday, January 19. Neagley, Dixon, and O’Donnell are still helping Reacher fight for their lives at the beginning of the episode, but who’s to say what will happen before the credits roll? Also, someone needs to terminate Robert Patrick’s character, stat.

Additionally, the finale’s episode description (and it is a nail biter of an episode, my friends) suggests that those bodies will continue to hit the floor:

Reacher finally comes face-to-face with Langston as we learn the brutal truth about Swan. An all-out war between our heroes and Langston culminates in a violent climax where blood is shed and bodies fall — some from the sky.

It’s almost pie time again. Reacher streams on Amazon Prime.

Green Day is launching The Saviors Tour this summer, and what the band’s Mike Dirnt just said about it should make longtime fans’ ears perk up: In a new Rolling Stone interview, he declared on every night of the tour, the band will perform two of their classic albums, Dookie and American Idiot, in full.

He said, “What a f*ckin’ moment it’s going to be. We’ve never done anything like this before. And there’s a really good chance we’ll never do it again.”

Dirnt estimated it’ll take about 90 minutes to perform both albums, adding, “We’ll then have about 35 to 45 minutes to throw down on other stuff. And production-wise, doing these albums lends itself to some amazing possibilities.”

As for how this will look — specifically, if the band will start with Dookie or American Idiot — the band hasn’t quite figured that out yet. Dirnt said, “We still need to put our heads down and do real work to figure that out. Before every tour, we do a lot of pre-production, a lot of thinking about how it should look and feel and sound, because it really matters to us. That’s the fun, but it also really keeps us on our toes.”

Saviors is out 1/19/2024 via Reprise Records. Find more information here.

After wrapping up the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have been reluctant to talk about their time on the hit HBO series that consumed a decade of their lives. (Did the finale being universally panned help? Probably not.)

However, the two have a new show to promote, 3 Body Problem for Netflix, so the topic of Thrones is going to be a hard one to avoid. Not only did Benioff and Weiss cast actors from the fantasy series, most notably The Onion Knight himself Liam Cunningham, but the marketing material for 3 Body Problem has heavily touted that, hey, this is the new series from the Game of Thrones guys.

So with all of that in mind, The Hollywood Reporter managed to get Benioff and Weiss to share one of the changes they wish they made to the iconic dragon series, but it’s not one anyone would’ve expected. In fact, it involves a bit character from season one who had an exchange with Peter Dinklage’s Tyrion Lannister:

“It was a mistake not bringing Mord the Jailer back into it,” Weiss says. “We always talked about doing it.”

“And we had the scene for it,” Benioff says. “There’s a scene set in a tavern…”

“Was it Brienne or The Hound?” Weiss says. “But we realized too late that Mord could have owned the tavern. We could have had that actor in the background acting exactly the way he did as a jailer, except now as a small business owner. It was just such an obvious, no-brainer, day-after idea.”

There you have it. Benioff and Weiss’ biggest regret from Game of Thrones is not bringing back Mord the Jailer. That’s the creative decision that keeps them up at night. Did not see that one coming.

3 Body Problem premieres on March 21st on Netflix.

(Via The Hollywood Reporter)

Baja Beach Fest is coming back for 2024, as the festival announced that it will be returning to Mexico’s Rosarito Beach from August 9 to August 11. The official lineup is still TBA, but last year’s was filled with talented Latin performers, including Feid, Ozuna, and many more. Because of this, there’s a high chance Baja Beach will be securing some fun acts that will make interested attendees want to act fast when it comes to buying tickets.

Here’s what to know about how much you might need to save.

How Much Are Tickets For Baja Beach 2024?

Baja Beach Fest is offering four different types of tickets for 2024. All of the passes will run on a tiered system too, so the prices will increase as time goes on. The standard 3-day General Admission starts at $299 before eventually increasing to $489 by Tier 4.

The GA+ pass starts at $459. This includes access to premium bathrooms and the chance to attend Bombay’s pre-party and afterparty events.

Baja Beach’s VIP ticket starts at $679 and will increase to $959. Those who purchase this gain access to VIP areas on the festival grounds, along with access to Papas&Beer’s pre-party on Friday and afterparties each night.

The final ticket level is the La Playa pass, which starts at $1,329. This includes all-you-can-eat food and drink, deck access, prime stage viewing, and many more exclusive benefits.

For more information, visit Baja Beach Fest’s official website.